The Life of James Renwick | Page 9

hills and
mountains about us shall be witnesses that ye had Christ in your offer
such a day, in such a _place_; therefore, my dear friends, say now that
He is your beloved, and that He is your friend."
His close dealing with the conscience, and his solemn warnings and
exhortations are exemplified in the following passages:--
"Consider your own condition without Christ. Ye are lost and undone,
limbs of Satan, children of wrath, hell to be your dwelling-place, and
devils and damned souls to be your company eternally, and where sin
shall be your eternal torment. This is your condition without Jesus
Christ. What think ye of eternal exclusion from the presence and
comfort of God? What think ye of hell, where there is nothing but utter
darkness, weeping and wailing for evermore, to be your dwelling-place?
What think ye of devils to be your continual company? And what think
ye of sin to be your continual life--always blaspheming the glorious
name of God? And what think ye of your final condition--to be in
continual torment--always weeping and gnashing your teeth? All this, I
say, is abiding you who will not embrace Jesus Christ, whatever your
profession be. For, believe me, a profession will not save you from this
eternal misery, if ye receive not Jesus Christ. Whatever your sufferings
be here, yet ye shall suffer this hereafter, if ye receive not Jesus Christ.
My heart bleeds for many sufferers in Scotland, who shall suffer
everlasting torment in hell, because they will not receive and embrace
Jesus Christ, this gracious and free Saviour, who is now in your offer.
Oh, embrace Jesus Christ, otherwise, be ye who ye will, and do what ye
will, God's justice shall pursue you, and He shall have war against you
without cessation: there shall be no discharge in that war. The great
warriors of the earth are all lying with their weapons broken under their
heads; but here is a war that hath no end. You who will not receive
Jesus Christ, you will see that ye have made an evil choice, when ye

pass through the dark gates of hell, to the inner chambers thereof. To
move you, further consider, that if ye will take Him, ye shall have Him
and all His. Ye shall drink of the waters of life; your feet shall stand on
the sea of glass before the throne. Ye shall have His name, and bear His
image, and wear a crown of pure gold upon your heads, and follow the
Lamb with palms in your hands, saying, 'Hallelujah! and glory, and
honour and power, unto the Lord our God.' Ye shall have the fine white
linen garments of Christ's righteousness, to wear in heaven, in clothing
eternally. Ye shall have the glorious cloud of witnesses--angels and the
spirits of just men made perfect, for your continual company; and ye
shall have a life of love and joy everlasting, with Him that is altogether
lovely. Oh, then, come and take Jesus Christ. Would ye make a happy
choice? Then take Him and embrace Him, old and young, man and
woman, lad and lass. Now Christ is in your offer; and you are all
invited to come to Him. And now I charge you all, as ye respect the
glory of God, and as ye desire this happy condition that I have spoken
of to you, slight not this offer. Now the golden chain of salvation is let
down to you. Grip, grip it fast, before it is taken up again. Go not away
fools, lest ye never be at such a market-day again. "What shall I say to
persuade you? Let the excellency and glory of His great name do it. Be
entreated to accept of Christ in this present offer. Here I obtest you, by
what He hath purchased for sinners, and by what He has suffered, come
and embrace Him. I obtest you by the blood He shed on the cross; I
obtest you by the great drops of blood He shed in the garden, and by all
the joys that are above the clouds in heaven, that ye put not this offer
away. I obtest you, by all the torments of hell, that ye put not this offer
away. I obtest you by the glory of heaven, and by the crowns which
believers put on His head, that ye slight not this offer.
"Here I take every man and woman to witness against one another, that
ye had Christ in your offer; and I shall be a witness against all of you
that have not received Christ this night. Yea, though he should never be
glorified in such a sort by me, yet I will be a witness against you. Here,
before the throne of grace,